rap2@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Alan Peters) (06/30/91)
I posted this message a week or so ago and got no responses. I am posting again in hopes someone will help me. I must acquire the following software for our imaging lab. I have looked for and found no reviews. I will not buy a software package on the basis of publishers claims alone. If any one in this group uses either a paint program or a 3D object modeler on a sun workstation would you kindly respond? E.G.: "We use FooPaint by RetroSoft and find it quite good." (OR unacceptable or whatever.) 1. A paint program -- We need a pixel-oriented program (like Deluxe Paint for the Amiga) that permits image compositing and touchup as well as from-scratch drawings. (Surely the lowly Amiga does not have better software of this type than the mighty sparcstation!) 2. A 3D object editor -- We need a program that will allow interactive creation of 3D objects to be rendered using sunvision. Sunvision itself has no such editor. There are a number of these available for the Amiga e.g. Impulse's Imagine or NewTek's LightWave 3D. We need something similar to this for a sparcstation. Sunvision has a renderman interface so an object editor that creates renderman output would work. (Are all the fantastic 3D pictures that I have seen created by typing in lists of numbers?) Q: What programs are available either commercially or for free distribution? Who are the distributors? What are the prices? Q: Which of the above are the best? Are there lists of functionalites available? Are there reviews available? If anyone is so good as to reply I will post a summary to this group. Thank-you Alan Peters Asst. Prof. of Electrical Engineering Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37235 (615) 322-7924 rap2@vuse.vanderbilt.edu